Genesis 45:26
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
לָהַהּ
lâhahh
to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
Key Terms in This Verse
לָהַהּ lâhahh
to be rabid (figuratively, insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish
Study H3856 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow ...
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
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